Re: paravirtualized windows net driver stop after some days on XP guest

[Dor Laor <dor.laor@qumranet.com>]

Can you please try an update version of the windows drivers?
I also added a dummy installer you can use too:

http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/VirtioWindowsDrivers

Regards,
Dor

Yann Dupont wrote:
> Hello. I'm using kvm whit great succes for various OS. Very good job.
>
> In June I started using paravirtualized drivers.
>
> Since that we encountered sporadic loss of connectivity on some Xp
> guests after some days of uptime.
> This was with KVM 70. I upgraded to KVM 73 4 days ago, and this morning
> 1 off my Xp guests had no connectivity.
>
> Putting the interface off then on via panel control  revives network
> instantly.  Seems like a bug on the windows driver side .
> This is occurring on 2 Xp guests, they have moderate to low network load.
>
> They have 1 CPU , the hal is the non acpi one (because they were
> installed in KVM-23 timeframe)
>
> I also have 2003 guests, and so far I haven't encountered the problem.
>
> Also have linux guests, with net AND disk virtio , AND high load without
> problem.
> Best Regards,
>